DIGITAL MAGAZINES NOW IN LIBBY APP |
Users of the Libby app can now check out digital magazines! Current and back issues of over 2,000 magazines including international and niche publications are available for immediate use.
If you use RB Digital to check out and read magazines, it's important to know that it will disappear on Wednesday, March 31st. RB Digital was recently purchased by Overdrive, which has allowed for magazines to become part of the Wisconsin's Digital Library collection.
If you have questions about using our digital resources including digital magazines, please call, email, or come in to talk to a librarian.
Learn about using Wisconsin's Digital Library or Libby app HERE.
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SUSTAINABILITY AT THE LIBRARY |
April brings Earth Day - a great reason to check in with how we're treating our environment.
While the past year has put a damper on some of the projects we had hoped to accomplish, we're proud of these environmentally friendly changes we've been able to make:
- Installation of a water bottle filler for patrons and staff to access cold, filtered water for use in a personal bottle or container. The fountains remain turned off but the bottle filler is on and safely usable.
- Participation in the Sustainable Shelves program through Baker & Taylor, one of our primary vendors, which pulps damaged library books to make new paper, and provides a small material credit to buy new books.
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VIRTUAL MUSICAL FUN FOR LITTLE ONES |
Participants will pick up an activity bag from the library with egg shakers, bells, and scarves to help little hands make music and movement.
Registration is required and limited, and opens on Monday, April 5th. You can register online, by calling us or by coming in to the library. Click HERE to learn more.
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SHOREWOOD'S HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE |
Shorewood Architecture Reflects Village History: How Can We Leverage Our Historic Resources to Benefit the Whole Community? is a three-part series that will cover the Village of Shorewood's history, architecture, and tools for conservation.
Our upcoming sessions include Shorewood Architecture and the Review of the 2011 Historic Survey on Tuesday, May 4th and Options for Preservation on Tuesday, May 11th.
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We now have even more wifi hotspots available!
The Friends of Shorewood Public Library have generously funded five additional hotspots for anyone to borrow. If they are all checked out, we will put you on a waiting list to receive the next available hotspot!
Hotspots can be checked out for three weeks (plus a three day grace period) and allow you to connect to wireless internet easily from anywhere in the U.S. at no cost to you.
Stop in and check one out!
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Over the last year, each library staff member has been diligent, creative, and more flexible than ever. Our aim has been to deliver library services to you safely and as consistently as possible as we navigate the pandemic.
We continue to use the CDC, WDHS, and North Shore Health Department to provide guidance for the services we offer. If you’ve stopped by lately, you may have noticed a few more positive changes:
- Some upholstered furniture is back, safely distanced from other seating.
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Newspaper deliveries have resumed including the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, and Wall Street Journal.
We know that we will being wearing face coverings through at least Monday, May 17th following the Village Ordinance - and likely longer. In-building story times, book clubs, and more are still on hold, and we will need to wait to allow non-household members to share tables and computers until more of the general population is immune.
Thank you for your heartfelt support of the library staff and for your steadfast demand for library services. We’re getting closer to resuming our role as a vibrant, busy community gathering place; just a bit longer.
Rachel Collins
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RESOURCES FROM "DO BLACK LIVES MATTER?" SERIES |
Reggie Jackson, presenter of the four-part series we offered in January and February titled Do Black Lives Matter?, put together an extensive resource list including materials for further reading and those from which he drew his references. You can find this resource list on our webpage HERE.
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PROGRAM PREVIEW: ONLINE & AT HOME |
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Virtual programming lets you stay connected as you continue to socially distance.
Here's what we're offering online for you this month:
Online Story Times take place Thursday, April 1st & 15th and Rhyme Time Tuesdays are April 6th & 20th on Facebook. You don't need a Facebook account to watch a virtual story time, just navigate to our page to read, play, and laugh along with Ms. Heide!
Register for Music, Movement & More, a virtual event for preschool-aged children and their grown-up(s), on Saturday, April 17th at 10:00 AM. Registration opens Monday, April 5th.
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All take-home activities are available inside the library at our Take & Make table near the children's area and via curbside pickup.
Every Wednesday, Ms. Susan shares a new Art Cart activity you can do two ways: get the instructions online and use materials you have at home, or pick up a kit with everything you need!
On Friday, April 23rd, adults get in on the fun with a Grown-Up Take & Make kit to make a simple bird feeder. |
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Hit the road with big rig driver and moving extraordinaire Finn Murphy. Murphy will take you across the country, giving a detailed of the moving industry and everyone involved. The Long Haul is an informative and entertaining read that I wouldn't have normally picked up if it wasn't for the AM Book Club, and I enjoyed it considerably. After our lively discussion, I think it's fair to say that the book club enjoyed it, too.
Recommended by HAYLEY
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An Unkindness of Ghosts is a speculative novel in which social problems follow humanity to the stars. Centered around an autistic healer trying to decipher the meaning of her mother's suicide along with more immediate questions like the potential poisoning of a dictator, the prosthetic foot needed by a child without resources, and the abuse perpetrated by guards against helpless citizens of the lower decks.
Recommended by KATE
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A book of memoiristic essays to sit and savor. Jenny Slate (known for her roles on SNL, Parks & Recreation, and in indie films) shows herself to be an imaginative and daring writer in this collection which ranges from moving contemplations of lost love and innocence, to downright hilarious musings about herself from birth to now. If you cherish writing by and about women, and enjoy the experimental, you will want to spend some time with Little Weirds.
Recommended by EMILY
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INFORMATION YOU CAN TRUST |
With so many sources for information, it can be hard to sort out fact from fiction and to determine who to trust.
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services webpage has up-to-date information about the COVID-19 Pandemic including data about the vaccination rollout, who is eligible, and where to get a vaccine.
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SHOREWOOD PUBLIC LIBRARY
3920 North Murray Avenue
Shorewood, WI 53211
414 847-2670
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